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Boko Haram

Boko Haram ambush farmers, kill 9

Nigeria

September 23, 2017 0

Boko Haram fighters killed nine people from a camp that was mistakenly bombed by the Nigerian military earlier this year, an aid worker and a resident […]

Rape

70-year-old man arrested for raping six-year-old orphan

Nigeria

September 23, 2017 0

Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a 70-year- old man in Akpoha community in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Simon Alobu, for allegedly […]

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

Senator diverts N1.2billion loan to personal use

Nigeria

September 22, 2017 0

Senator Peter Nwaoboshi got approval for a N1.2 billion loan from NEXIM Bank as a member of its Board of Directors. A top source at the […]

Lagos city

Lagos adjudged world’s third most stressful city beating Baghdad and Kabul

Nigeria

September 21, 2017 0

A new study has said Lagos, Nigeria, is one of the most stressful cities in the world. Five hundred locations were taken into cognisance in the […]

Islamic New Year

Public holidays in Osun, Kano to observe Islamic New Year

Nigeria

September 21, 2017 0

Kano and Osun state governments have declared public holiday in their respective states to mark the beginning of the new Islamic year (Hijra AH 1439). While […]

Wayne Rooney (arrowed) arrives in Court

Rooney gets two-year ban from driving after drink-drive charge

September 19, 2017 0

Wayne Rooney’s two-year drink-drive ban could end up costing him nearly £500,000. The striker was fined two weeks’ wages – totalling £320,000 – by Everton for […]

Romelu Lukaku scored for Manchester United

Premier League: Manchester United beat Everton 4 – 0

September 18, 2017 0

Romelu Lukaku scored against his former club as Manchester United thrashed Everton to move joint top of the Premier League. Wayne Rooney’s return to Old Trafford […]

David Luiz was given a red card

Premier League: Chelsea play goalless draw with Arsenal

September 18, 2017 0

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his side produced a “great response” to their thrashing at Liverpool as they earned a first point at Chelsea in six […]

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates a goal for Dortmund

German Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund trounce 1. FC Koln 5 – 0

September 18, 2017 0

Borussia Dortmund moved top of the Bundesliga by thrashing Cologne, who suffered the German top-flight’s worst start since the 1962-63 season. Cologne have lost all four […]

Lewis Hamilton celebrates his victory at the Singapore Grand Prix

Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton wins Singapore Grand Prix

September 18, 2017 0

Lewis Hamilton drove a masterful race to win the Singapore Grand Prix and take a stranglehold on the title as rival Sebastian Vettel crashed out. Hamilton, […]

Scott Arfield scores for Burnley

Premier League: Burnley hold Liverpool to 1 – 1 draw

September 16, 2017 0

BURNLEY remain unbeaten away from home after grinding out a 1-1 draw against Liverpool at Anfield. Scott Arfield expertly put the Clarets in front in the […]

Hurricane Maria upgraded to category 4

Caribbean islands in path of extremely dangerous Category 4 Hurricane Maria

September 19, 2017 0

Hurricane Maria has strengthened to an “extremely dangerous” category four storm, US forecasters say, as it heads towards the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. It is […]

Suspected UFO

Suspected UFO sighted in Utah

September 18, 2017 0

Strange lights spotted in the night sky above Salt Lake City in Utah caused a stir over the weekend. Three white lights were darting in the […]

Fight erupts over bananas in a Rohingya refugee camp

Three Rohingya refugees killed during rush for clothes

September 18, 2017 0

At least two children and one woman were killed in a stampede as clothes were being handed out to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, according to aid […]

Tree branches fell on a car during the storm in Romania

Romania: Storm destroys structures, kills 8

September 18, 2017 0

A storm packing powerful winds ripped off roofs and toppled trees in Romania on Sunday, killing eight people and injuring dozens more, officials and witnesses said. […]

Category 1 Hurricane

Hurricane Maria approaches the Caribbean islands

September 18, 2017 0

Maria is expected to become a dangerous major hurricane as it nears the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. The category one hurricane will rapidly strengthen over […]

Scout Schultz

Police kill computer engineering student in Georgia

September 18, 2017 0

Police in the US state of Georgia have shot and killed an LGBT student activist, leading to an independent investigation. Police encountered Scout Schultz at a […]

Ifeanyi Ubah

Ifeanyi Ubah, Anambra governorship aspirant, suspended by PDP

September 23, 2017 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday slammed a one-month suspension on one of its aspirants for the Anambra State governorship election, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah. Shortly […]

Prof Itse Sagay (SAN)

APC remains a healthy party, South-South leaders tell Sagay

September 23, 2017 0

South-South Leaders on Friday disagreed with Prof. Itse Sagay over the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), advising him not to fuel crisis in the […]

Nyesom Wike

Gov Nyesom Wike to close down 5000 schools, Rivers APC alleges

September 19, 2017 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has warned Governor Nyesom Wike not to proceed with his planned closure of over 5,000 private schools in […]

NNPC

NNPC prospects for oil and gas in Sokoto

September 21, 2017 0

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has appealed to the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to activate oil and gas exploration campaign in […]

Electricity

Nigerians may pay more for electricity

September 18, 2017 0

It is 21 months since the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) last reviewed the Multi Year Order (MYTO). Daily Trust reports that consultations for the review […]

Senate President, Bukola Saraki

We Contribute $33bn To Nigeria’s Economy Unlike Your Worthless Rulers – Diasporan

September 18, 2017 0

The below was a long talk by Mr Badero, a Nigerian living in the Diaspora. It was delivered in Yoruba in reaction to president Muhamamdu Buhari’s […]

Gov Okezie Ikpeazu

Complicity Of Anambra And Abia Govs In Army’s Genocidal Operations In Igbo Land

September 17, 2017 0

The leaderships of Int’l Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) and Southeast Based Coalition of Human Rights Organizations (SBCHROs) are appalled, alarmed […]

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)

Buhari Government’s Torture, Murder of Pro-Biafrans, Too Gruesome for FaceBook

September 16, 2017 0

The torture and gore by soldiers deployed to the south east of Nigeria by the Buhari administration is apparently too gruesome for FaceBook. Most accounts that […]

Jumia Travel

Jumia Travel partners with Destination Tourism Night to celebrate World Tourism Day

September 21, 2017 0

s part of the activities lined up to mark this year’s World Tourism Day, Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency has partnered with Destination Tourism […]

Hurricane Irma caused vast destruction on the Caribbean island of Barbuda

Hurricane Irma destroyed 90 percent of buildings on Caribbean island of Barbuda

September 17, 2017 0

It’s been just over a week since the dangerous category 5 Hurricane Irma first made landfall, ravaging the once charming surrounds of the island of Barbuda […]

Miami Beach

Miami Beach re-opens for business, welcomes tourists

September 17, 2017 0

Miami Beach is truly like no other place in the world and is open for business, with the beach’s iconic hotels, restaurants and attractions operating once […]

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